OCZ Technology (Nasdaq:OCZ) has released their second generation Talos enterprise SSD. The Talos 2 is a dual-ported SAS 6G drive that increases capacity to 1TB in a 2.5″ form factor. The first generation Talos was launched in May of this year and only available in a 3.5″ form factor. Talos 2 leverages OCZ’s Virtualized Controller Architecture 2.0 technology and the speedy interface to deliver random transactional performance at up to 70,000 4K IOPS and improved mixed workload (75% read; 25% write) performance of up to 42,000 8K IOPS.
OCZ Technology (Nasdaq:OCZ) has released their second generation Talos enterprise SSD. The Talos 2 is a dual-ported SAS 6G drive that increases capacity to 1TB in a 2.5″ form factor. The first generation Talos was launched in May of this year and only available in a 3.5″ form factor. Talos 2 leverages OCZ’s Virtualized Controller Architecture 2.0 technology and the speedy interface to deliver random transactional performance at up to 70,000 4K IOPS and improved mixed workload (75% read; 25% write) performance of up to 42,000 8K IOPS.
The Talos 2 will come in many configurations to suit customer demand. The 2.5″ drives will be available in 100GB to 1TB capacities, and can use MLC, eMLC or SLC NAND. As noted, the Talos 2 offers a dual-ported SAS 6G interface which offers increased performance and data integrity over the standard SAS interface.
The Talos family includes several enterprise features like DuraWrite Assurance, to protect data during an unexpected power loss. OCZ is also offering an option to enable T10-DIF (Data Integrity Field), allowing for the insertion of 8 bytes of additional data during transfers to ensure complete data integrity.
OCZ Talos 2 Specs
- Available in 100GB to 1TB capacities
- MLC, eMLC or SLC NAND
- Interface Dual-Port SAS 6.0 Gbit/s (Full Duplex/Active-Active)
- Form Factor 2.5 inch
- Dimensions (L x W x H) 100.0 x 69.85 x 14.5 mm
- Weight 155g (may vary slightly due to capacity)
- Bandwidth up to 550 MB/s (read); up to 375 MB/s (write)
- Random Operations (4kB) 70,000 IOPS (read); 35,000 IOPS (write)
- Mixed Workload (75% R; 25% W) 54,000 IOPS (4kB random); 42,000 IOPS (8kB random)
- Power Consumption Idle: 5.1 Watts Active: 7.4 Watts
- Ambient Temperature 0°C ~ 55°C
- Operating Temperature 0°C ~ 70°C
- Storage Temperature -45°C ~ 85°C
- MTBF 2 million hours
- Power Fail Protection – DataWrite AssuranceTM Technology (capacitance power back-up to ensure data hardening)
- Data Fail Recovery – Recovers data from up to one NAND flash block per NAND controller
- Data Path Protection – ECC: Up to 55 bits correctable per 512-byte sector; Data path parity protection
- Data Reliability – Read Unrecoverable Bit Error Rate (UBER) 10e-17
- Data Encryption – 128-bit & 256-bit AES-compliant
- SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) SAS SFF-8482 cable with LP4 power connector
- T10-DIF (Data Integrity Field) Available
- Performance Optimization SCSI Unmap (requires OS support)
- OCZ VCA (Virtualized Controller Architecture) 2.0
- Secure Erase Enabled via OCZ Toolbox (Windows and Linux versions)
- Service & Support 3-Year Warranty; Dedicated FAE/FSE support (includes PM/engineer support through validation cycle)
Availability
OCZ Talos 2 SSDs are available in 100GB to 1TB capacities, in MLC, eMLC, and SLC NAND configurations.
UPDATE 12/07/2012 – OCZ Talos 2 C – REVIEWED
UPDATE 05/31/2013 – OCZ Talos 2 R – REVIEWED
